- I knew most of the week that Matt Blanchard probably was not going to play against Franklin College. Obviously, it was a situation that I wasn't going to publish.
- OK, how many of you knew anything about the talents of Lee Brekke prior to yesterday's game?
- As I said on a story I published on Warhawkfootball.com, in the 52-21 win it was the big plays by the defense that were a huge key to Saturday's win. 6 sacks and 3 interceptions.
- Reading some of the posts in the D3football.com chatroom, there are a number of posts that criticize the Hawks pass defense against Franklin. I just want to remind you that Franklin quarterback Kyle Ray has thrown for over 3,000 yards and leads all NCAA Division III quarterbacks in pass efficiency. It is not a sin to give an opponent some love is it?
- Kudos to the Hawks' defense for totally shutting down Franklin's rushing game. Holding a playoff team to -11 yards on the ground is some "pretty heady stuff!"
- I thought Franklin College had a good scheme to keep Levell Coppage "in check" for much of the game. His 55 yard TD run in the 2nd quarter was huge as the game was tied 7-7 at the time and the Grizzlies controlled the momentum of the game at the time.
- How about the wide receiver matchup between Franklin's Matt Zmich and Whitewater's Aaron Rusch. Aaron finished the game with 12 catches for 169 and 3 touchdowns. Zmich, 17 catches for 171 yards and a TD - Wow!
- I know it was cold and it was the opening weekend of deer hunting but COME ON - an attendance of 1468 with a very nice contingent of Grizzly fans making the trip up from the Indianapolis area? I want to know why you average 8,000 fans per game in the regular season and less than 15-hundred for a playoff game? Maybe Warhawk fans take the team "for granted" on each year's run to the Stagg Bowl.
- UW-Whitewater isn't the only team in the playoffs that didn't draw well at the gate in Saturday's playoff games.
Muhlenburg at No. 3 Wesley 918
Benedictine at No. 4 St. Thomas 1628
St. Norbert at No. 5 North Central 1100
No. 9 Wittenberg at No. 7 Ohio Northern 1380
No. 2 Mount Union did not release an attendence figure on its official statistics
- Next up for the Hawks will be No. 12 Trine University next Saturday at Perkins Stadium. The Thunder scored four first-quarter touchdowns but had to hold on to oust Depauw 45-35 in the first round of the NCAA Division III football playoffs Saturday. Trine finished with 419 yards of total offense, including 80 yards on the ground. Depauw finished with 437 yards.
Much like Franklin College, Trine features an outstanding quarterback and an offense that has averaged 47 points per game.
- If winning Playoff games was easy, everyone would do it!!! More coming up...
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You mentioned in this post that you knew most of the week that Matt Blanchard probably would not play. I am curious as to why you did not report this. Are you employed by UW-Whitewater? It seems to me this would be a pretty big story to break. I'm a UWW alumn and definitely appreciate the advantage we had by keeping Franklin in the dark...but this is not exactly a matter of national security. Why did you chose to sit on this story?
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